Mission Mid-Atlantic's 2010-2011 strategic plan focuses on developing new churches, cultivating church leaders, building healthy churches, and assisting pastors and churches in crisis. Key tactics include planting 2 new churches and replanting 2 fading churches in 2010, establishing LEAD teams to equip church leaders, providing pastoral coaching and resources to help churches achieve health, and mediating conflicts within churches experiencing crises.

1. Mission Mid-AtlanticStrategic Plan2010 - 2011

2. OverviewMission Mid-Atlantic is committed to congregational transformation to establishhealthy churches that multiply more healthy churches.

3. Statement of StrategyDeveloping New Churches

4. Develop New ChurchesWe seek to regularly plant and develop new local churches of like identity and purpose.

5. Strategic ViewDevelopment of Process for Church Planting

6. Development of Pipeline for Church Planters

7. Development of Protocols

8. Development of Procedures for Churches and PlantersTactical ViewProcess:Advertising/Marketing

9. Conference Exposure

10. Local Church Education

11. Financial ResourcesTactical ViewPipeline:Discovery of Planters- MMA Church Network Referrals, Bible Colleges, Seminaries, Para-Church Associations, Ad-Hoc Connections.

12. Development of Planters - MMA Development and Education, Church Network, Bible Colleges, Seminaries and Para-Church Associations.

13. Deployment of Planters – Financial resources, people resources, ongoing resource commitment.Tactical ViewProtocols:New Church Plants

14. Re-Planted ChurchesProcedures:Printed materials

15. Assessment toolsGoals 2010Develop the Strategy

16. Develop the Tactics

17. See two new churches planted

18. See two fading churches re-plantedStatement of StrategyCultivating Church Leaders

19. Cultivate Church LeadersWe likewise seek to equip pastors and other church leaders with tools and resources that allow them to pursue excellence in ministry under the sovereign hand of God. We are committed to see systematic transformation that leads to health, growth, the making of new disciples and eventually congregational reproduction. We will accomplish this through a strategy that includes the following elements.

20. Why Have LEAD Teams?To help pastors and other ministry leaders grow in their understanding of leadership

21. To develop their effectiveness as leaders

22. For mutual accountability

23. For mutual support and encouragement

24. For friendship and fellowship

25. To become the incubators for church plantingWhat is a LEAD Team?Peer to Peer Learning Community

26. Led by Ministry Practitioner Mentor

27. Meeting regularly for:

28. Learning

29. Encouragement

30. Accountability

31. DreamingShape of a LEAD TeamFrequency (Typically monthly)

32. Length of Meetings (Each cluster chooses their preferred meeting day(s), times and model.)

33. Day and half model – “Town and Country Model”

34. One day model – “Metropolitan Model”

35. Half –day model – “Metropolitan Model” for “busy Type A” pastors

36. Virtual meeting model – “Bridge line, GoToMeeting.com and mini-cam Model

37. Location

38. A single, regular meeting place

39. Or rotate through the locations of each cluster memberStatement of StrategyBuilding Healthy Churches

40. Building Healthy ChurchesUsing consultation, evaluation, assessment and targeted tools, we seek to assist member churches in achieving and maintaining church health.

41. Building Healthy ChurchesWhat we do: Pastoral Coaching

42. Leadership Consultation

43. Ministry Evaluation

44. Strategic Planning

45. Follow-Up

46. Connection with other resources

47. Lifestyle Stewardship Ministries Building Healthy ChurchesHow we do it: Phone and email

48. On-site visitation

49. Web-Ex

50. Go-to-Meeting

51. General help through the Website/BlogBuilding Healthy ChurchesLifestyle Stewardship Ministries: Hold live seminars to teach basic lifestyle stewardship principles that help individuals understand how God has uniquely designed them, how they fit into the puzzle of life and how financial stewardship and estate planning fit into God’s program

52. Work with churches to identify and train coaches who will disciple individuals who desire a biblical stewardship lifestyle. Statement of StrategyAssisting Pastors and Churches in Crisis

53. Assisting Pastors and ChurchesA crisis can sometimes overwhelm a pastor or a church. When invited, we come alongside pastors and churches in crisis to help resolve conflict, solve problems and restore healthy relationships to the glory of God.

54. Assisting Pastors and ChurchesFacilitate ongoing education on peacemaking through training events.

55. Support church leadership by providing conflict coaching or mediation in conflict situations.

56. Network with other like-minded churches to encourage and support one another in promoting and practicing Biblical peacemaking.

57. Accelerate the spread of peacemaking throughout CBAmerica.Mission Mid-AtlanticPO Box 345, Clayton, NJ 08312Web Site: www.missionmid-atlantic.orgPhone: 856-881-8990

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